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No. 437,766. 'Patented Oct. Z1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN A. BACON, OF PI'ICENIX, ARIZONA TERRITORY.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 437,766, dated October 7, 1890.

I Application filedFelJruary 17, 1890. Serial No. 30,764- (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN A. BACON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Phoenix, in the county of Maricopa and Territory of Arizona, have invented a new-and useful Gate, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in gates, and more particularly to that class thereof known as sliding; and it consists of certain novelfeatures hereinafter described, and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improved gate. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same partly open. Fig. 3 is a detail view to show the Wedge on the gate and the keeper on the frame. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of my improved gate in its double form opening at the center.

In carrying out my invention I erect along the line of the fence a frame, preferably comprising the posts B B, to the upper ends of which I secure the beam 0. A beam D is arranged at right angles to the beam 0 and is supported a slight distance above the same. This beam D is braced by the inclined braces E, extending from the center post B to the beam and from a standard F, arranged adjacent to the center post, to the beam, the said standard F forming with the center post a guide to prevent the gates swaying laterally. On the side of the beam O, I secure a rail G, and the gate II is provided at its upper end with the rollers I, which engage and ride upon the upper edge of the rail. On the upper side of the beam 0, and at a suitable distance from the oppoite sides of the center post, I secure the pulleys J, and at the ends of the beam D, I secure the pulleys K, as shown. The operating-ropes extend around the pulleys J K and over the rollers I, and have their ends secured to the upper ends of the rods L, the lower ends of said rods being secured to the free end of the spring-latches M, which are secured on the gate and adapted to engage lateral pins N, projecting from the end post B and from a supplemental gate, if one be used. The operating-ropes, it will be observed, extend to the opposite ends of the gate and then pass inward to the pulleys J and thence outward to the pulleys K, their ends depending from the said pulleys K. Theloops formed by the depending ends of the ropes carry the weights .0, which are hung from grooved rollers or pulleys P, fitted in the said loops.

On the side of the gate-opening, at the front end of the gate, I locate the bracket or keeper Q, and to the lower front corner of the gate I secure the wedge or guide R, which is adapted to enter the said keeper and thereby hold the gate close to the supporting-frame, as will be readily understood.

The construction and arrangement of the several parts of my device being thus made known, the operation of the same, it is thought, will be readily understood.

In operation, a person approaching the gate on horseback or in a vehicle will draw downward on one of the ropes S leading to the adjacent weight O, thereby causing the operating-rope to exert an upward pull on the front lat-ch, so as to release the same, when the continued downward pullon the rope S will cause the gate to slide or roll rearward, and thus open the gateway so as to permit travel therethrough. Upon reaching the other side of the gate the closing-rope T at that side is drawn downward, so as to close the gate. It will be observed that the latches automatically engage the locking-pins and thus eifectually hold the gate in its closed or open positions, so that premature movement of the same will be prevented. The arrangement of the operating-rope is such as to efiect an economy in the quantity of rope required, and also transmit the force applied to the rope directly to the end of the gate, so as to operate the same. The weights at the ends of the rope being hung from rollers, as shown and described, the rope can readily slip past the weight, so as to accommodate itself to a change in the position of the gate.

The gate is very simple in its construction and its advantages are thought to be obvious.

In the construction shown in Fig. 4, the arran gement of parts is similar, with the exception that the pin N at the front edge of the gate is inserted in the vertical bar in the front edge of the other gate, whereby when the two gates come together they will be locked in closed position, as will be understood. In this case also the keeper Q is formed of a block having a transverse recess beveled in both directions, whereby it forms a doublewedge-shaped slot for the entry of the lower ends of the front bars of the gates. In this construction when the opening-rope S is drawn the front edge of the left-hand gate is drawn rearwardly, and the second opening-rope S is drawn by said front edge over a pulley at the extreme right of the frame and draws the front edge of the right-hand gate open also. When the closing-rope T is drawn upon, it draws the outer edge of the left-hand gate inwardly, (precisely as in Fig. 1,) and the second closing-rope T, which is connected to said outer edge, is drawn over a pulley at the extreme left of the frame and eXerts an inward pull upon the front bar of the righthand gate, as will be clearly understood. It will be obvious that the. opening-ropes have the same length of stroke as the closing-ropes, except in precisely opposite directions, so that the movement of one compensates for the movement of the other, and the weights 0 will remain at the same height from the ground, while the loop formed by the supplemental opening and closing ropes S T operates the supplemental (in this case the right-hand gate) from the other gate, the latter being main opening and closing outer posts of the frame, to the opposite sides:

of which loop the two gates are connected, and opening and closing ropes connected to said latches and led over pulleys to a distance from the frame, the whole operating substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN A. BACON.

Vitnesses:

H. O. MCDONALD, J. WV. CRENSHAW. 

